HALLOWED SECULARISM
B. Ledewitz
Oprawa:
TWARDA
Wydawca:
Palgrave Macmillan US
ISBN:
9780230614024
Opis produktu
Bruce Ledewitz proposes a Reformation in secular thinking. He shows that in opposition to todays aggressive Atheism religious sources are necessary if secularism is to promote fulfilling human relationships and peaceful international relations. Amid signs that secularism is growing in unhealthy ways Ledewitz proposes a new secuIntroduction PART I: WHY HALLOWED SECULARISM IS NECESSARY AND HOW IT IS POSSIBLE Secularists Indifference and Hostility Toward Religion The Roots of Secularism Science Globalization Our Religions The Failure of Secularism No Ground No Limit on Technology No Peace No Truth No Hope No Way of Life The Sources of Depth in Hallowed Secularism Our Religions: History Our Religions: the Personal Science Democracy PART II: THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF HALLOWED SECULARISM The Framework of Hallowed Secularism Truth World Man God The Future The Public Life of Hallowed Secularism Democracy Economics Law The Local Life of Hallowed Secularism Family Ritual Prayer International Life of Hallowed Secularism Globalization Religion Law PART III: THE MEANING OF HALLOWED SECULARISM Beyond Religion The Power of Religion The Limits of Religion How Religion Views Hallowed Secularism Hallowed Secularisms Contribution to Religion Beyond Humanism The Power of Humanism The Limits of Humanism How Humanism Views Hallowed Secularism Hallowed Secularisms Contribution to Humanism Beyond Materialism The Power of Materialism Limits of Materialism How Materialism Views Hallowed Secularism Hallowed Secularisms Contribution to Materialism Possibility of Hope Why is There No Hope under Secularism? The Christian Hope Secular Hope The Open FSecularism is western societys new reformation sweeping away the influence of bad religion but the more it dominates the more itreveals its weakness and failings.Ledewitz argues not for an end of secularism but for a reform ofsecularism itself to rediscover the hope vision and inspirationthat feed the human soul. Michael Hampson Author of God without God/Ledewitz has written a remarkably suggestive and daring book that deserves serious and widespread attention. He begins with a recognition of a practical failure on two sides of the question of reason and revelation. His argument has broad appeal because he gives compelling articulation to a ground held by many who lack the categories to name what is religiously possible and required in a postmodern world. Walter Brueggemann Professor Emeritus Columbia Theological Seminary/In this thoughtful work Ledewitz asks all the right questions. He then puts forth an ambitious platform upon which all people religious and secular can meet to seek out work out and live out answers. His proposal is a useful challenge to everyone. The task is to be true to the open and inquiring spirit of our age while remaining open to the Wisdom of the Ages. To lose either is to lose our hope for the future our integrity or both. All religious traditions and nonreligious perspectives and the spacWymiary: 430 gr 140 mm 216 mm
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Ostatnia aktualizacja:
02-04-2024